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Beautiful flowers for the bees

by Diane - September 14th, 2012.
Filed under: Suttons Seeds.

Herb Seeds – Borage
 £1.75
An easily grown annual which is very attractive to bees. Chopped leaves give a cool, cucumber-like taste to salads and wine cups.. Average Packet Content 70 seeds

Herb Seeds – Oregano
 £1.75
A bushy perennial plant up to 50cm (20) tall with oval, pointed leaves attractive to butterflies and bees. Use for flavouring meat, pizzas and omelettes.. Average Packet Content 1200 seeds

Agrostemma Snow Queen Seeds
 £1.79
These snow-white, dark-veined blooms provide height and contrast to other border plants. They’re loved by bees and are ideal for cutting too. Height 120cm (47). HA – Hardy annual.. Average Packet Content 190 seeds

Anise Herb (Anise Hyssop) Seeds
 £1.85
Part of the James Wong Homegrown Revolution Range.Hardy and low maintenance. Perennial liquorice-flavoured herb. Easy to grow and loved by bees. Spires of powdery blue flowers atop sweet liquorice leaves. Tastes like: Liquorice, fennel, mint, eucalyptus.With all the flavour of sweet aniseed, although far easier to grow and an awful lot better looking, the aromatic leaves and edible blue flowers of anise hyssop are a must for any ardent Ouzo fan.Native to the dry scrub and fields of North America, these hardy, low maintenance plants are perfect for growing in sunny gravel or Mediterranean-style gardens – with their beautiful powder blue flowers making them able to easily hold their own in the ornamental border. Once you have got an established clump going, you can propagate these by lifting them, dividing the cluster up into smaller sections and planting them back out, spaced about 30cm (12) apart. Anise Hyssop is a herbaceous perennial and as such will bloom year-after-year. Sow: March-April. Harvest: June-September.. Average Content 38 seeds

Bergamot Seeds
 £1.85
Part of the James Wong Homegrown Revolution Range.Take the intense zest of citrus-peel, blend it with fragrance of fresh mint and wrap the whole lot up in a package pretty enough to upstage any garden flower and youll have Bergamot.Its characteristic scent is created by a naturally-occurring insect repellent compound, which means that inter-mingling them with crops such as tomatoes or carrots can help deter raids from marauding insects, not to mention making your veg patch look stunning.With its heady Earl Grey-scented leaves topped with dazzling flowers, mingle a drift of these through any bed or border for a summer of fragrance and colour thats as irresistible to bees as it is to greedy foodies. Bergamot-infused mojito anyone? Sow: April-June. Harvest: July-August (year 2).. Average Content 90 seeds

Corncockle Seeds
 £1.99
Masses of pretty blooms that are lovely by bees and ideal for cutting. Height 100cm (40). HA – Hardy annual.. Average Packet Content 200 Seeds

Dracocephalum Blue Bird Seeds
 £1.99
Bushy plants with hairy grey leaves and spikes of midnight-blue flowers followed by attractive seed pods. Loved by butterflies and bees. Stunning flowers year after year. HP – Hardy perennial. Height 25cm (10).. Average Packet Content 25 seeds

Poached Egg Plant Seeds
 £1.99
Bright green foliage and yellow-and-white flowers. Attractive to bees. Height 15cm (6). HA – Hardy annual.. Average Packet Content 130 Seeds

Night Phlox Seeds
 £1.99
Delicate-looking white flowers are produced in profusion above lance-shaped leaves. Extremely attractive to bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects, they’re perfect for a border or container near the house, where you can fully appreciate the honey-like fragrance. Height 30-35cm (12-14). HA – Hardy annual. Commonly known as ‘Midnight Candy’ because of the sweet scent it gives off in the evening.. Average Packet Content 200 seeds

Foxglove Seeds
 £2.35
Delicate tubular blooms on long leafy stems. Colours may be pale purple or white with speckled throats. Attractive to bees. Height 60-120cm (2-4′). HP – Hardy perennial.. Average Packet Content 2800 Seeds